I received my Smith Bros TV & Appliance Store today. I won't attempt to repeat the beautiful pictures taken by MrMuffin above. Instead, here is a nighttime look into the windows. Most of the TV screens are glowing with a shimmering, variable-intensity backlight through a B&W film giving the illusion of an active screen.

The Smith Bros TV & Appliance Store is basically the same building as my IGA grocery store except for the interior. My only quibble with the store is that it does not have exterior front lighting. I wish they could have at least lit the Smith Bros sign. Nevertheless, here was my solution for the IGA store. I placed a Woodland Scenic LED lamp across the street to illuminate the front. Looks much better in a night scene (compare to my first picture above)

Nice!

Love the W.S. items. Well worth the cost. The Chain Link fence offering was a plus too!

I’m not sure televisions were around in the era I’m modeling. Now your going to make me do some research.  That is a very cool looking structure. I usually like to build kits or even scratchbuild. I do have the Woodland Scenics Post Office and Feed Supply on my RR. Frankly I’m decent at building structures. Still not as good as these that come out of a box.

I thought this building looked pretty neat, but unfortunately its a bit "old fashioned" for me. I hope they do more with the TV effects... this concept would look really cool if the made a building as a sports bar or something with the TVs on the bar wall.

@Boilermaker1 posted:

I thought this building looked pretty neat, but unfortunately its a bit "old fashioned" for me. I hope they do more with the TV effects... this concept would look really cool if the made a building as a sports bar or something with the TVs on the bar wall.

If someone makes a cool bar, I’m in. I really like the menards bar and grille, but I’m not up for paying the secondary mkt prices.

The first real demonstration of TV was at the 1939 World's Fair in New York... but WWII delayed civilian use, followed by a couple of years early experimenter-type users.  It was the introduction of professional wrestling that really got the ball moving.  Even by 1953 a TV was a luxury.  Then came Lucy...

Jon

I think this building will be a must have for me.  Now if they can produce a 1950s era OB truck.